RE: Climate-control environment for paintings



Thanks, Geoff.
 
Richard


From: pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org [mailto:pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Browne
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:02 PM
To: PACIN ListServ
Subject: RE: Climate-control environment for paintings

Richard,

 

We use USG pink board or Dow Blueboard insulation, with R-10 insulation value to insulate our “Severe Duty” crates. You could additionally line the inner case with Marvelseal or a similar reflective liner – household “Space blanket” insulators reflect better than 95% of radiant energy in BOTH directions.

 

From a reliable source, I also understand that pink board and blue board have passed Oddy tests.

 

Also, if you’re short on time or suppliers, both Ethafoam and Ester polyurethane foam have very similar insulation value to pink board and blue board. Foamcore would likely also work well, better than Plexiglas, which being denser would be more of a conductor than an insulator.

 

Geoff

 


From: pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org [mailto:pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org] On Behalf Of Hinson, Richard
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:17 PM
To: pacinlist@pacin.org
Cc: Franek, Erika
Subject: Climate-control environment for paintings

 

I'm looking for information about making climate-control boxes for traveling a small painting on wood panel. Have any of you out there ever used plexiglass boxes that can be sealed as inner boxes when shipping delicate art? Is there an advantage to using plexiglass over 1/2 inch thick corrugated plastic? Are there better materials to use other than these?

 

Richard Hinson



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